turfiten.
/ˈtəːfʌɪt/ A votary or frequenter of the turf; a racing man. Also attributive.
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1836 R. S. Surtees in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1839) IV. ix. 184 He entered into the spirit and excitement of the thing with the true ardour of a turfite, without any knowledge however of the science of book-making.
1846 G. J. Dow (title) Calculus, the turfite's computer.
1847 Illustr. London News 2 Oct. 219/2 Mr. Pedley, a professional turfite, won the Derby.
1870 Sat. Rev. 26 Feb. 275/1 Bankrupt Dukes, spendthrift and profligate Lordlings, turfite peers.
1910 G. Smith Reminisc. xi. 180 A patron..with a good deal of the turfite in his character.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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